Pastor C. David Hess

Our beloved Pastor David Hess succumbed to lung cancer on March 7, 2014 while a patient at the Wilmot Cancer Center of Strong Memorial Hospital.

David Hess had been the pastor of our church since April 1998. A native West Virginian and a graduate of Berea College, he had received Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ("When," he said, "it was a good seminary.")